Cattle-stanchion.



J. D. PLAUK. CATTLE -STANGHION APPLIOATION FILED JUNE s, 190s.

vPatented Sept; 7, 1909.

nuenfov 'UNITED ,STATES ligEiNT cerros.

JAMES D. FLACK. orrLAoKvILLE, NEW

` Application med June To all whom 'it may concern." Be it knownv that I, JAMES citizen of the United States, lilackville, in the 5 and State of New D. FLACK, .a residing at county of St. Lawrence York, have invented a new ro'RK.

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specialita-ibn tf1 Lettersrtent.. Patented Sept. 7, 1909. s, lies,I i

may be released by hand Serial Nq. 436,524.

if desired. yoke isconnected to the frame at its upper end y a pivot4 pin 20, about which fit may rotate freely when closed. At the other end the yoke is secured to the sill 11 by a pin and .and useful Cattle-Stanchion,l of which the lslot connection to' permit'lateral movement following is a specification. I A

This invention relatesto that type of de- Avices above indicated and 0 certain novel'features of construction hereinafter fully described and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, 1n which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation; Fig. 2 5 1s a line 2`2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the locking` mechanism; Fig. 4 a sectional detail on the line 4`4 of 1, and Fig. '5

is a Adetail substantially on 0 Fig. 1. 'f'

the description and on the y erence charactersy As indicated conventionally A 5 any suitable rigid frame work in whiclr-one or more stanchions may be built or secured. Said frame includes an upper member `or Stringer 10, a .sill 11e-nd uprights 12.

to the fram'el and odying` peculiar operating -mechanisn1- he yoke B includes a bar 1 8, 'fa foot member 14:, a head member 15, and one or more relatively stationary members extending' tween said head and foot members. atter mem-bers the one marked 16 i's conbeing foot piece 14 and its Any suitable flocking means may be provided to hold the'banlclosed.-

e means indicated for this purpose comprises a dog 19 pivoted, to the upper end of the l w13 and aving a hook 19l to engage 5 the head piece 15 and having also at its other end a iii ger 19,whereby thedog transverse sectionl substantially on the.

the line 5-5 of of the drawings, similar parts represents 23 slidably yassociated means ofthe leverthe actuator positively ,in either direction 'along the 95 ar 13 is p1votedat' between the side bars` lncludes thereof "with respect to the plane of the ower end of 'the yoke .to the plate through arrangement permits conously by a single operation and fromfa distant point. To this end I have devised an actuator, whereby accomplished in a e actuator com 2S-connected to the bars 23 dnd 23. By

Stringer-10. A loop 29 of any suitable form,

shown.' as substantially V-shaped, us4 carried A 9b lever to a cross head2?- carried by abutments by the actuator bars and is adapted to embrace .the uppenend of the t e purpose of preventing rotation of the yoke when open and also for t e purpose of closing the yoke when the actuator is moved toward the left as viewed in Fig brought' to the closing wi engage the head yoke closed.,l To open tlle ously devices are provided position the dog'19 Athe actuator upon movement thereof in the direction from that inst above deopposite scribed. purpose manner to the strmger'lO and with the dog. The h coperating asp 1s shown as sur- 1. When* piece 15 to lock thev yoke simultanea hasp 30 connected in any suitable .y

rounding the pin 2O land lying beneath the hook 19 when the yoke is locked. A plate 31 is carried by the actuator bars and is adapted to lift the hasp to unlock the dog, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.

Having thus'set forth that form of the invention now best known to me but Without desiring to be limited thereto except as required by the state of the art, what I claim as new and desire to protect by` Letters Patent of the United States, is:

`l. In a cattle stanchion, the combination of a frame having a horizontalv Stringer, a yoke connected to the frame, said yoke including a pivoted bar, an actuator slidable longitudinally of said Stringer, means operative from the actuator to close the pivoted bar, means tolock said bar'closed, and means operative vfrom said actuator to release said locking means.

2. In a cattle stanchion, the combination of a frame, a yoke connected to the frame and having a movable bar, an actuator movably -connected to the frame, means to operate the actuator from a distant point, a loop carried by the actuator to engage and close said bar, means to lock the bar closed comprising a dog, a member carried by the frame and associated with the dog when in locking position, and means carried by the actuator to' cause said member to release the doo".

i?. In a cattle stanchion, the combination of a frame, a movable bar, a dog to hold the bar closed, a basp,A and means operative froma distant point to actuate the hasp to 'unlock the bar, said means including a pair of longitudinally movable bars and a tra-nsverse` member connected to the bars and movable thereby to lift the hasp. I

J. D. FLACK. Witnesses:

PETER MCMARTIN. IVILLIAM Boo'rHRoYD. 

